Have you ever planted food for duck? How'd it work for you?

Thanks for keeping videos coming!

Really do enjoy your videos. I will say thou, I am against the use of flooding unharvested corn fields. Right now it is consider legal, but I do believe one could argue the flooding of said field as it is manipulated,.....flooding corn is not a farming practice....I do however believe in moist soil applications. My huge concern is that the migration could be altered. With all that said...great video and looking for more to come.

Learned a lot in this video. Good video, Joel.

This was helpful. Thanks Joel. 2021 will be my third year of duck hunting.

Great video Joel! Thanks for the shoutout! Glad to see that I was using the same materials as you use when researching up for our project. I love hunting our natural moist soil swamps here in VA as well, one day I would love to have a place to manage some.

Can’t wait to plant some millet here in the next few weeks. Good luck and God Bless.

Great information you hear a lot about flooding corn fields. I like the idea of flooding native grassland for the winter.

Thanks for another great vid, now if I only had some property to plant. Great tips and thanks for sharing.

Really good info!! The Susquehanna Flats has tons of smart weed and the depth up here is perfect! I Can’t plant anything but fun to try to find the natural stuff and hunt over it.

Thanks for the video. Really enjoyed it. I am transitioning from a big open water lease to manipulating and flooding my own agricultural field. Starting simple with about an acre of millet (planting in August) and half of an acre of field grass variety. Some weeds, some seed producing plants. Really appreciated listening and getting some validation. Kind of nerve wracking going out on a limb and doing something different.

Love the brown SSAR cap you’re wearing out in the field. I wear one just like it out in the duck woods

Thanks Joel 😊‼️

Planting 20lbs of wild millet (barnyard grass) this week in my swamp that is in a draw down period.., hopefully it grows well 👍🏻

Good video 👍🦆

There's a tremendous amount of info in this vid! Extremely interesting and informative! A lot of stuff I never knew, and I've hunted ducks for a long time. I'm not in favor of flooding unharvested corn for hunting or especially in refuges and waterfowl sanctuaries. I've planted japanese millet a few times. It was easy and worked well. Thanks for another fantastic video!

love the vids brother

Corn, milo, millet. Seemed to work but lot of ag around us so wasn’t the duck magnet we wanted but it helped.

we have also have a lot of natural smartweed and have planted other natural foods in the past like duck potatoes and wild rice but they never did well. They like sunflowers too but like you said it can't be manipulated. usually what we plant is too wet for corn till its too late to plant it . A lot of the famed fields have soybeans but know of many who plant it just for ducks.

The 8 acres pond we have on the farm works best when we leave it to over grow with smart weed. It’s a low area in the center of a 120 acre field. We farm up to the edge of it but not thru it. It’s allowed to over grow naturally. But has grain planted up to its edge.After harvest we flood it up. Great video as usual, keep em coming. GOD BLESS

Good stuff man

Joel I love your Channel and I enjoy watching your videos. I know you spent much of your Career guiding on some beautiful elite private duck clubs which is awesome totally jealous. Honestly though what is the difference between food plots and baiting? If you plant with the absolute intention to not Harvest the crop to attract wildlife is that not basically the same as just dumping out 50lb sacks of corn and calling it a day? This is a legal loophole that has been exploited by Duckclubs and landowners for way to long. Wildlife doesnt belong to us as hunters OR as landowners. They don’t belong to anyone period meaning they should remain in essence wild. Hunters are a funny group in general. Our Numbers are dwindling, hunter disputes and trespassing seems to be at a all time level, the politicians hate our guts. Yet we do everything in our power to make the sport as exclusive as humanly possible. Many people dont hunt because the opportunity of a successful hunt just is hardly not an option. Private Clubs, Private impoundments have absolutely destroyed waterfowl hunting in certain areas of the USA. For average blue collar ed weekend warriors. The guys that aren’t worth millions and can’t afford to buy 50k acres. Example on Maryland’s famous Chesapeake bay region rich in waterfowl history you would be hard pressed to find a puddle duck on the waters of the bay itself. The clubs and impoundments flood standing cornfields and the ducks never leave. I love Capitalism, buy every single acre of land you can afford. Just keep the land ethically and reasonably wild. Landowners would still have plenty of ducks with Normal Farming practices and just simply offering a refuge for wildlife. Why anyone needs to bait is beyond me. Maybe I sound like a sandy old man. Lol possibly maybe I am just bitter and jealous. In fact I know I am. I would love to see the sport thrive and to see more kids enjoy it. You cant take a kid out to freeze his or her rump off to see nothing or shoot one duck and expect them to be excited. Not with all the things kids have to stimulate them these days. I cant make a difference I dont have the money or influence to but guys like you do.

Great tips for those who can do it! We can't plant and flood crops here

Great video! One thing I didn’t hear mentioned was the ratoon (second) rice crop after first harvest . The ratoon rice crop is about 1/3 Of the first yield. So, If a variety of rice normally yields 9000 pounds per acre, the ratoon crop would leave 3000, plus any waste grain laying on the ground. Do y’all ever leave that for the ducks?

Hey Joel, I love the breakdown for the different types of food for ducks and the pounds per square acre. I find this extremely helpful! Have you ever done a breakdown or research for flooded timber like this? I feel like you could have an entire video dedicated to that with your knowledge. As far as pounds per acre in a field can you related that to the timber on pounds per acres (educated guess on trees per acre) by pounds of acorns that typically fall off an oak per season? Also in your experience which types of Oaks are the best for the timber? Do you recommend people to plant oaks after the end of duck season or refer people to CRP/WRP programs? A loaded comment to say the least, but no one besides you is breaking down things as it relates to duck hunting on youtube. I'm a fellow duck nerd as you are with a million questions on how to improve duck hunting for the future. Thanks again!

Love the vid, got me interested in maybe planting a little half acre spot of millet, but what do you do after the season is over? do you leave it or till it up?

I'll plant for dove in small patches. corn, maize, milo and millet

Straight up the best waterfowl seed mix is the bird seed mix from ACE Hardware like you'd put in your backyard feeder sorgum, millet, safflower, corn. Drill 12# to acre that works out to $3/acre.

I am looking at starting this on my property... but already have a good sized beaver pond. what would you recommend to plant for beaver ponds? millet and rice?

We have planted corn japanese millet brown top millet and milo. Tried to get the Golden millet from Macks a couple of times but they were sold out. My favorite is milo or corn . Actually its acorns too bad it takes 10-15 years for even butternut oaks to start producing much .

is there a link for the particular polypipe you bought to extend your water pump runs?

Us Yankees have found that if you gently sow the soil with duck eggs then fertilize them well with a new product called Round-down you get superior duck harvests. Here at Round-down we are dedicated to waterfowl. Our product is designed to enhance your hunting opportunities with the added bonus that the product knocks down every game warden that sets foot onto the treated property. It's safe and effictive. Targets only them pesky guys with badges. 😎

Should see what picked fields look like around here like they just mowed it

Awesome video. Would Golden Millet do well in colder states like in WI? Would deer enjoy millet as well?

Hey Joel, we hunted together last fall. Check the profile pic for one of our hunts. Anywho, how do you think the golden millet handles the occasional flooding? The spot I am trying to develop will flood when occasional heavy rains cause a nearby creek to get out of its banks. I have some structures in place to mitigate it but it’s gonna happen from time to time. I have Japanese millet in it now (and rice) and they do ok but would take the higher yield of golden millet if it will work in this setting. Thanks, Bruce

We plant corn every year and flood the standing corn. I’ve found it does better than other type crops for some reason ducks like standing corn better than combined. When it gets cold ducks really look for the corn than other crops. Last year I learned this even if all the corn has been ate the still come in there looking for more. Another thing we’ve learned is ducks prefer corn in our area we’ve planted millet milo and rice and we kill more ducks in the holes with corn. I have a theory and it’s don’t give the ducks a reason to leave have them cover and food and they won’t leave.

Where do you find that poly hose that you hooked to your 3" discharge? Do you have any idea of what it costs roughly?

Your from Arkansas I'm from east tx anyone know when is a good time to start on the plot ? I'm wanting to put rice and Japanese millet hopefully I will see something out there I have never seen a water fowl out in my area luckily the neighbors pond floods our area figured I would give it a shot and if I don't see anything at least the kids and I will build memories doing this project together

Hey Joel, I've watched a bunch of videos and talked with guys over the years about this and want to get your thoughts. Are large clubs north of Arkansas short stopping ducks from entering Arkansas? Won't mention club names but over the years have noticed large clubs north of Arkansas are holding so many birds each year they have no reason to fly south unless there's a freeze. Wanted to get your thoughts. Thanks!

Can you point me to a source or brand name for the flexible "poly pipe" you showed in the video. I'm not getting a similar produce when I google poly pipe. thanks

Do you have a code for high n dry waiters?

Thinking about putting ryegrass, millet and smart weed around our little 3 acre honey hole?

It'll be nice to have my own land.

Rice or corn

How do you do it legally the right way

I own a 100+ acres on the big muddy river in the southern part of Illinois an I cant plant anything early due to spring rain an is usually to late to plant anything I think any ideas how I can make it better?

Do y’all ever plant rice? If so Do you treat for stink bugs or have any pest problems?

Have you ever tried planting oats for ducks

How high of water do you want when planting a stand of Millet

What stores can you buy golden millet from?

Is planting food specifically for harvesting ducks considered illegal baiting under federal regulations?

Do you happen to have a link to the poly pipe?

Should I mow and disc a reoccurring millet field to allow for more open water

How many acres do you need to plant to have a meaningful crop?

Golden Millet even works in Ohio

I plant Japanese millet and it works good not great

millet

4:04 did he just combine a tree?

is gingerbread made by redheads ?

Wouldn’t flooding it technically be considered manipulation? Not being a smart ass just curious why that isn’t considered manipulation. We actually just planted one of our ponds with Japanese millet haha

Jimmy Huckleberry must plant weed... Every duck he shoots at is high 🤦‍♂️